| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leicester City | 40 | 76 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 40 | 71 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 39 | 70 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 17 | |||
| 4 | 40 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 29 | ||||
| 5 | Hull City | 40 | 67 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Luton Town | 39 | 63 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 40 | 63 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Millwall | 41 | 63 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 9 | Birmingham City | 40 | 61 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 35 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 41 | 59 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 40 | 56 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 40 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 13 | Swindon Town | 40 | 53 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 14 | Oxford United | 40 | 52 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Sheffield Wednesday | 41 | 48 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 39 | |||
| 16 | Portsmouth | 40 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 32 | |||
| 17 | Watford | 40 | 43 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 18 | Orient | 40 | 42 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 35 | |||
| 19 | Bristol City | 40 | 40 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 34 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 40 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 35 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 40 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 39 | |||
| 22 | Bolton Wanderers | 41 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 42 | |||